2001 World Championships in Athletics explained

8th World Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nations:	189
Athletes:	1602
Opened By:	Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien
Dates:	3–12, August 2001
Stadium:	Commonwealth Stadium
Previous:	1999 Seville

The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 and 12 August 2001 and was the first time the event had visited North America. The music for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies was composed by Canadian composers Jan Randall and Cassius Khan. The ceremonies also featured a thousand-strong voice choir, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

Edmonton defeated bids from Paris, France (which hosted the next edition) and the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States to host the event.^[1] Edmonton had previously hosted the 1978 Commonwealth Games and the 1983 Summer Universiade.

Men's results

Track

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005

100 m		9.82 (WL)		9.94^2 (PB)		9.98
200 m		20.04		20.20		20.30 (NR St.Kitts)
400 m		44.64		44.87		44.98
800 m		1:43.70		1:44.55		1:44.63 (PB)
1500 m		3:30.68		3:31.10		3:31.54 (SB)
5000 m		13:00.77		13:03.47^1		13:05.20
10,000 m		27:53.25		27:53.97		27:54.41
Marathon		2:12:42 (SB)		2:12:43		2:13:18
110 m hurdles		13.04 (WL)		13.07 (SB)		13.25 (NR)
400 m hurdles		47.49 (WL)		47.54 (NR)		47.89 (NR)
3,000 m st.		8:15.16		8:16.21		8:16.59
20 km walk		1:20:31		1:20:33		1:20:36
50 km walk		3:42.08 (WL)		3:43:07 (SB)		3:46:12 (PB)
4 × 100 m relay	Morne Nagel Corne Du Plessis Lee-Roy Newton Mathew Quinn	38.47 (NR)	Marc Burns Ato Boldon Jaycey Harper Darrel Brown	38.58 (NR)	Matthew Shirvington Paul Di Bella Steve Brimacombe Adam Basil	38.83 (SB)
4 × 400 m relay	Avard Moncur Chris Brown Troy McIntosh Tim Munnings Carl Oliver	2:58.19^4 (NR)	Brandon Simpson Christopher Williams Greg Haughton Danny McFarlane Michael Blackwood Mario Watts	2:58.39 (SB)	Rafał Wieruszewski Piotr Haczek Piotr Długosielski Piotr Rysiukiewicz Jacek Bocian	2:59.71 (SB)

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
¹ Ali Saïdi-Sief of Algeria originally finished second in the 5000 m in 13:02.16, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for nandrolone.
² Tim Montgomery (USA) originally came second in the men's 100 meters in 9.85, but he was disqualified in 2005 after he admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal.
³ The USA originally finished first in 37.96 (Mickey Grimes, Bernard Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Tim Montgomery), but they were disqualified in 2005 after Tim Montgomery admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal.
⁴ The United States (Leonard Byrd, Antonio Pettigrew, Derrick Brew, Angelo Taylor) originally finished first in 2:57.54, but were disqualified in 2008 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

Field

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007

High jump		2.36 (WL)		2.33 (PB Rybakov) (SB Voronin)
Pole vault		6.05 (CR)		5.85		5.85 (SB)
Long jump		8.40		8.24		8.21 (SB)
Triple jump		17.92 (WL)		17.47		17.44 (PB)
Shot put		21.87		21.24		20.93 (SB)
Discus throw		69.72 (CR)		69.40		67.61 (PB)
Hammer throw		83.38 (CR)		82.92		80.27 (SB)
Javelin throw		92.80 (CR)		91.31		89.95
Decathlon		8902 (CR)		8815 (NR)		8603 (PB)

Women's results

Track

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005

100 m		10.82 (WL)		10.91^2 (SB)		11.02
200 m		22.52^1		22.85		22.88^2
400 m		49.86 (NR)		49.88 (SB)		49.97 SB
800 m		1:57.17		1:57.20 (SB)		1:57.35 (SB)
1,500 m		4:00.57 (SB)		4:01.70		4:02.40
5,000 m		15:03.39		15:06.59		15:10.17
10,000 m		31:48.81		31:48.85		31:49.98
Marathon		2:26:01		2:26:06		2:26:18
100 m hurdles		12.42 (WL)		12.54 SB		12.58 (SB)
400 m hurdles		53.34 (WL)		54.27		54.51
20 km walk		1:27:48 (CR)		1:28:49 (PB)		1:28:56
4 × 100 m relay	Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Marion Wagner	42.32^3 (SB)	Sylviane Félix Frédérique Bangué Muriel Hurtis Odiah Sidibé	42.39 (SB)	Juliet Campbell Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Astia Walker Elva Goulbourne	42.40 (SB)
4 × 400 m relay	Sandie Richards Catherine Scott-Pomales Debbie-Ann Parris Lorraine Fenton Michelle Burgher Deon Hemmings	3:20.65 (WL)	Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh Claudia Marx Grit Breuer	3:21.97 (SB)	Irina Rosikhina Yuliya Pechonkina Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Olesya Zykina Natalya Shevtsova	3:24.92

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
¹ Kelli White originally finished third in the 200 m in 22.56, but she was disqualified in 2004 after she admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal.
²Marion Jones (USA) finished second in the 100m in 10.85 and first in the 200m in 22.39, but she was disqualified in 2005 after she admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal.
³ The USA team of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Marion Jones originally finished first in a time of 41.71, but were disqualified in 2004 after Kelli White admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal.

Field

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007

High jump		2.00 (SB)		2.00		1.97
Pole vault		4.75 (CR)		4.75 (CR)		4.55
Long jump		7.02		7.01		6.88
Triple jump		15.25 (WL)		14.60		14.58
Shot put		20.61 (NR)		19.86 (PB)		19.41
Discus throw		67.10^1		66.24		65.50 (SB)
Hammer throw		70.65 (AR)		70.61		68.87
Javelin throw		69.53 (CR)		65.78		64.69
Heptathlon		6694 (SB)		6539 (SB)		6472 (PB)

¹Natalya Sadova of Russia originally won the gold medal in discus throw (68.57), but she was later disqualified after she tested positive for caffeine.

Medal table

Note that the host nation Canada did not win any medals at these championships. This makes Canada only the second championship host with such a distinction, after Sweden in 1995.

See also

• 2001 in athletics (track and field)

References

• 2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edmonton wins bid to host 2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics. 19 November 1998. ww.worldathletics.org/. IAAF. 22 July 2022.